Sweater.



N0. 680,035. Patented Aug. 6, l90l.

o. rms-BEL. SWEATER.

(Application mad Apr. i1, 1901.)

(No Modal.)

' ATTRNEYs.

UNITED STATESY PATENT OFFICE.

OSWALD FRIEBEL, OF NEWARK, NEV -JERSEY.

SWEATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 680,035, dated August 6, 1901.

Application filed April 1l, 1901.

T0 all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, OswALD FRIEBEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sweaters; and l do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The objects of this invention are to provide a sweater having a collar which can be used as a high standing collar, held close around the wearers neck, or can be turneddown to lie upon the shoulders as a broad sailor-like collar; and more particularly my invention is to obtain such a construction that when the collar is turned down to lie upon the shoulders the means employed for fastening it together at the throat while in standing position will not be'visible, but entirely hidden from view, to thus obtain a neater and more pleasing appearance of the sweater in that position in which it is most generally worn, to enable at the Y same time the collar to be securely and warmly closed about the neck in standing position when desired, and to secure other advantages and results, some of which may be referred to hereinafter in Vconnection with the description of the working parts.

The invention consists in the improved sweater or similar garment and in the arrangements and combinations of part-s of the same, all substantially as will be hereinafter set forth and finally embraced in the claim.

Referringr to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several views, Figure 1 shows in 'front elevation a sweater of my improved construction having the collar standing upright and fastened to gether at the throat. Fig. 2 is a similar view of that portion of the sweater in which my invention resides and showing the collar open at the throat t0 more clearly disclose the construction. Fig. 3 is a section on line at, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a view from the back and showing the outer fold or Wall of the collar at- Serial No. 55,283. (No moclel.)

tached at its lower edge to the body portion of the sweater; and- Fig. 5 shows the collar turned or laid down upon the shoulders, the inner wall or fold to which the fastening means are applied being shown by dotted lines in its hidden position.

In said drawings, a indicates the body of the sweater, and b h the arms thereof, said sweater being knitted orfotherwise constructed in any ordinary way of the usual material. At the ,upper part of the body portion a. or at the neck-opening is a tubular collar c, formed with double walls c c2 and slit at the front or throat from its top down to the body portion, as indicated by reference-letter f. It is important in my construction that the said collar -c be formed with the double walls c' c2, and this may be accomplished in any suitable way, but preferably by knitting a tubular extension of twice the length required for the collar and then turning or doubling it outwardly downward upon itself to form outer and inner walls or folds c c2. The outer fold c may be attached at its lower edge to the body portion a by sewing or the like, as shown at e in Fig. 4, said attachment, however, not being carried clear around the neck, but only at the back or across the shoulders, so that the outer fold cwill not become disarranged from its proper position in use. Said outer and inner folds c' c2 being knitted of the same circumferential dimension and both being of elastic construction it is evident that the edges of the outer fold c will naturally draw apart farther than the edges of the inner fold c2, as is clearly shown in Fig. 2. This is the position of parts when the sweater is put on bythe wearer, and then to close the collar about the wearers neck the outer fold c is provided at the opposite edges of the slit f with coperative fastening means, so that said edges can be drawn together and fastened. Said fastening means I have shown as comprising male and female clasp members d d2, such as are commonly employed on gloves and the like, although it will be evident that any means whatever of bringing the edges together and holding them, such as buttons or the like, might be employed. The edges of the inner -wall or fold c2 have no means of being fastened together, they being sufficiently drawn IOO together and held by the closing and fastening of the outer fold c' about the Wearers neck in the manner before described.

When the wearer Wishes to turn the collar of the sweater down upon his shoulders sailor fashion, he nrst unfastens it at the throat and the parts assume the position shown in Fig. 2. IIe then folds or lays the collar outwardly down upon his shoulders in the usual manner and it assumes the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 5, Where it Will be seen that the Wall or fold c', which Was outermost before, noW lies beneath the former inner fold or Wall czand is entirely hidden thereby. The fastening means d cl2 of the collar are thus Wholly concealed when the collar is laid down upon the shoulders, Which is the object sought to be attained, and only the smooth entire edges of the inner Wall or fold c c2, which are devoid of fastening means, appear.

The collar of the sweater being usually Worn in its folded position, it is especially desirable that the fastening means d d2, which are necessary only when the collar is wrapped about the neck for extra Warmth, should be hidden, and it Will be seen that by my construction this result is simply and effectively secured and a much neater and more pleasing appearance of the sweater secured. In

fact, it would knot be known that the collar Was intended to be even worn any other way,

and this in spite of the fact that positivel is equallyapplicable to any garment of a simil lar nature.

I-Iaving thus described the invention, what I claim as new is A sweater or similar garment having a co1- lar c, with double Walls c', o2, and'being slit at the throat, the outer Wall being provided at opposite edges of the slit with fastening means for joining said edges together, said outer Wall holding the inner Wall in position when the collar is closed about the Wearers neck in standing position and the fastening means being hidden by said inner Wall When the collar is turned down upon the Wearers shoulders, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of April, 1901.

' OSWALD FRIEBEL. Witnesses:

CHARLES H. PELL, RUSSELL M. EVERETT. 

